Strangely competent incompetents.

This has been annoyingly slow going... These KRAKEN people are surprisingly competent fighters despite being so surprisingly incompetent in most other fields... The makeup of their motley little group is probably to blame for this. It seems they have a number of Servant Categories working for their little group. I suppose it's my fault for rushing in without doing more research. I simply assumed they were some incompetent wannabes way in over their head, but instead they appear to be actually well immersed in our world and incompetent. Who knew.

I'm starting to really like the word incompetent. There's just something about it.

Anyway I have been reduced by about 30% of my forces due to these... Unsuccessful raids and worse they seem to be actively using the parts of the towerborn they've neutralized to better neutralize the ones I send after. This cannot go on and so I have enlisted the help of rioter. His towerborn are more... Specialized shall we say for combat operations. Up until now I've never understood the point of combat specialized towerborn since a hunk of metal and flesh has usually been suitable for dealing with all threats, but I suppose I now see the importance.

Rioter has agreed to send a group of combat specialist Towerborn in with my next unit to help them deal with the defenses. My own unit still having the job of searching for the book or the location of the operation where they have the book although given the amount of resistance we are encountering I imagine we may have found the location we sought or at least a location of importance.

I have also been looking into potentially learning more about this book from the university where the book was stolen from. I have sent a few... Seemingly harmless inquiries. They seem aware of the nature of our world to a degree, but I have not yet ascertained whether revealing my true nature or goals would be wise.

Hopefully something at some point will bear fruit. It has only been a short time yet I feel disturbingly impatient. Like time is of the essence...